Sensei Seth It is wonderful to see the video, I would like to invite you to Kerala, India Once the Pendamic situation is over. YOu may see the art physically. I watch your videos fantastic stuff... thank you Osu !!!!
Wrestling does not involve weapon systems. Kalari is known as the OLDEST MARTIAL ART because it had a full fledged system of Armed and Unarmed combat. The number of weapon styles in Kalari is in the dozens.
Why are you acting like there were no soldiers and armed and unarmed combat training before Kerala discovered its own? Egypt and other cultures gone to war way before that. Since the dawn of human history, probably starting with spears, bows, rocks and sticks humans learned to use and fight with while hunting-gathering and surely sometimes used it against each other during tribal wars.
@@deductivevariance3497 Of course they did. But there was not a recognised martial art style which they all followed. Humans have been fighting since we came out as a species. Doesn't mean they have made a martial art out of it.
@@deductivevariance3497 what hes trying to say is that Kerala made its own martial art. It did not invent fighting. A martial art is when you have a series of techniques that kind of all revolve around one or a few different principals. Every human has recognized fighting as fighting but there were no actual techniques that qualify for something from a martial art before Kalari.
Kalaripayattu is considered one of the oldest martial arts. However, the style itself wasn't the oldest; it was developed by C.V.N Kalari master. Initially, it focused solely on weapon-based fighting methods. Their unarmed combat resembles sword strikes, akin to the techniques found in karate and kungfu. This style is primarily practical in armed combat, emphasizing distance fighting over ground fighting and wrestling with attacks. I'm pleased to share this information with you. Thank you.
Wow, this was very interesting, especially since I'm part Indian and practice MMA. It's cool that you went to a primary source to learn about this martial art. Very eye-opening for sure. Thank you🙌
Lekin tumhe kya lgta h jaise boxing mma m combo punches hote h...kya kalari practioner itne trained hote h ki boxers k punches ko avoid kr ske aur sath m opening v nikal le...kyunki street fights m waise v log multiple punches use krte h
Kalaripayattu has a southern style. Its similar to Karate. Katas are based on geometrical shapes. Northern Kalari may be the source of Kung fu and Southern style (Adimurai) may have evolved into Karate.
I fought kalari fighters 6 times in a ring. 1) You'll be very uncomfortable and it will take time for you to get used to the strange, low stance they take. It limits your offence options and decreases your Defence. 2) The fuckers hit extremely hard. I mean it. They use their momentum and generate great power in their strikes. You'll be surprised how much they can hurt you from a very short distance. + 3) They hit multiple attacks at once. One knee of the kalari fighter hits your solar plexus and at the same time he also punches your face. Observations: (I don't know if Kalari originated from Mahadev or parasuram or whoever, but I can understand at once that this art came to use in a time where, fighters had no armour or had soft armour, like leather or chainmail or both together. soft armour, because Kalari tries to hit your soft body parts with their hard parts with full force also It also is an aggressive art, you can tell, as it aims to finish fights as quickly as possible, it's not like many arts that has been made into sports so there is standing and fighting for a said amount of time)
@julio1c1saga dude I'm from the state where kalari was born never got to learn it but I've done some sparring with a kalari guy and I recommend not to get under there skin they fucking kill u with one attack and thier pressure points or marma as we say in malayalam (the language which is spoken in kerala) they work and they can be used to kill or heal I messed up my knee once and I had a sparring for my black belt grading the next day and within an hour he fixed it with some oils and stuff and if u cross a guy on the wrong side he might end u bro it's one of the most magnificent martial arts I've seen
@julio1c1saga I understand bro but kalari was a very secretive art till the last century and it's hard to see kalari full contact fights but there is a documentary type video on fight quest just type fight quest kalari and watch that video in the end they do some full contact stuff
Cool vid man. I’ve been interested in this art for some time and was actually practicing one of their kick drills the other day. Looking forward to watching the whole thing.
I had a lot of trouble understanding most of the video due to the audio quality and the accent of the teacher, but this looks so freaking cool. Looks quite a lot like Kung Fu with them weird, very exaggerated looking movements that actually contain practical stuff. Loved it, please do more of this!
Really loved this video. Indian fan here. Can you also do a collab where you discuss Kalari with the Wonderboy and what moves could be effective in modern-day MMA
This is what I'm saying to Jesse Enkamp Karate Nerd videos. He posted 2 different videos regarding the origin of Karate, one was Kung-Fu when he went to China and the last one was Kali (Filipino Martial Arts). I commented on his Facebook and youtube regarding Bodhi Dharma and Kalaripayattu is the main ancestor of Kung-fu. Philippines was under the 2 rivals Hindu Empire the Maja Pahit Kingdom and Vijaya (Visaya) Kingdom around 1300-1500 AD.
I like that Meipayattu of Kalaripayattu is the compilation of all the tools that the practitioner is encouraged to have in his arsenal. It reminds me of Sil Lim Tao from Wing Chun
15:28, it is called the C-step since his leg movement is like the letter C, right?. I guess that the low stance is probably not just to protect yourself, maybe it is also a reminder to use our core and lower back which generates power in the movements.
This art might have been one of the reasons Alexander the Great was not able to conquer India. The Indian tribes were some of the greatest warriors his army had faced and he suffered his biggest setbacks on the sub-continent.
No. Kalari was believed to be developed during the times of great conquerors of south-most India as a warfare. The warrior class of Kerala could preserve it. Part of the reason was that Kerala never saw any mass scale invasion of foreign rulers. Due to this reason, the masters of Kerala could preserve the ancient philosophy, medicine, warfares such as Kalari.
Dude i am from Kerala Now we can see only some basics of kalari The old kalari have lots of techniques which we can defeat a person with one fingure And Kerala varma pazhassi raja defeated so many British soldiers using kalari techniques he faced the guns of soldiers using swords
@@deductivevariance3497 Could you imagine someone dying by getting tickled? That would make for some seriously dark comedy. As for the 1 finger thing, the closest thing I've heard to this is experienced martial artists or trained soldiers jabbing someone in the throat and crushing their windpipe which can very well lead to death if untreated. I think this is also something that is brought up in Krav Maga?
I saw Korean Chinese , Chi master 20years ago. I heard he used finger to spar with several martial artist. He touched pressure points 👉 and others down. This punture skills from whom? And I experienced chinese old Chi masters used Tele energy. Are there some examples in India?
Hi I'm a bit new to your videos and have been binging your skits and experimentation with other martial arts. I love what you do and how open minded you are
This was a super interesting one and i'm looking forward to some more interesting exchanges. I heard Muay boran and muay chaia. Maybe some pencak silat later. Another interesting M.A would be Taido. It should be somthig We don't see every Day!
Sensei Seth that’s what I’m aiming for 😂😂😂. I heard if you stand in front of a mirror at 3am and say “side kicks work” 3 times he appears behind you 😂😂
Very cool. This art is where shaolin came from. (Lord Ta Mo) . and Buddha as well knew this art . All royalty were required to learn it. Forged in the wars (500 years war 100 years war. Lots of wars. ) Suppose to have come from Khali. (The most dangerous and destructive god in Hinduism, could also be durga i.d.k ) the wife of Shiva. Who was summoned from the primordial void , to defeat a demon (who when a drop of his blood hit the ground ,would clone himself. So Khali had to do a "dance" to defeat the demon and catch all the blood.( that and she had to consume the demons or drain them of blood..the first vampire!!!)This dance is the basis of kaliarepiyatu The dance of khali. Awesome vid. good to see the interest in this beautiful and ancient art. Thank you Sensei Seth.
@J 1995 history is much more unclear. Lord Ta Mo was a red headed blue eyed wild man from either India or Iran...but he was a Buddhist. He showed up at the Shaolin temple, some 1500 yrs ago. Was denied entry , Lived in a cave for years, may or may not have started at a wall for 9 years. But he did teach the monks that came to visit to Him 21 or 23 "movements" that allowed the monks to develop there own take on kung fu. (He also taught them advanced meditation practices and breathing ,tai chi etc.) Before Lord Ta Mo, Shaolin was weak and persecuted. Subjected to raiders just coming in and taking what they wanted. (the raiders were using old kung fu if you will.) Afterwards they taught the world Shaolin kung fu. They similarities are so striking its undeniable between kaliarepiyat and Shaolin. Even most of the Lohan's and teokins are similar.
That circular movement with the leg as you step forward reminds me of some of the footwork I was taught in a Wing Tsun class. I mean where you place your weight may be different, I think, but the idea of circling around and inside or outside the opponent's leg, that looked very familiar. The stance at the very beginning of the form too, especially the first two parts of it.
Sensei Seth, @ 1:58, it's spelled May (like the month) Pie (like the food) Yat (like the word 'yet') May-Pie-Yat. Means fighting with the body. i.e freehand fighting without weapons.
Why is everyone only promoting northern kalari and that too only thw simple basic meypayttu... What about the thosands of chuvadus (katas)and techniques in thekkan and thulunadan kalari???? All the popular kalari videos dont even show the pure art, only the basic exercises????its quite frustrating 😐
The little stance thing he did at the beginning of the maypayattu (at 7:25) is almost exactly the same as you see karateka doing at the beginning of kata... Interesting.
@J 1995 You stupid fool ... lol ... You can't deny Bodhidharma ... HE IS IN YOUR TEMPLES ... LOL ... Every Chinese martial arts historian I know knows about the Bodhidharma contribution ... THAT IS WHY HE IS IN YOUR TEMPLES .. LOL
What I really like about the kalaripayattu demonstrations I see on the internet is how complete the martial art is, very versatile. But I am not into some of the excessive movements, such as the jumping and flailing about. Kalaripayattu is interesting and has quite a beautiful history behind it, It just seems that there is a disconnect from the modern practice and what was more likely the historical practice
Kalaripayattu may be the oldest known martial art of India. And it influenced or started the developement of all asian martial arts. But we also know, that "Pankration", which had kneestrikes, punches and kicks, clinching and wrestling in it, was practiced in Greece from way before it was for the first known time part of the a olympic games in 648 BC. Fun fact: Sometimes styles/arts are ignored or never gained the deserved popularity. "Boxe Francaise" aka "Savate" for example is at least 200, possibly 300 years old and should be considered the first modern "Kickboxing Style" practiced as a sport, even before the first ring was build for Muay Thai as a modern "kickboxing combat sport".
@@SenseiSeth, you mean Savate? As early as 1820 it became a sport in France. This was the time Michel Casseux wrote a book called (translated) "The Art of Savate". It went from "streetfighting" to sport in gyms like "Fencing schools" at this time. The further development came with Charles Charemont, around 1900, who brought more from the "English Boxing" of the same period into it. ruclips.net/video/I-2aZOZNMqc/видео.html
@J 1995, yes and no. Yes, it is difficult to find proof. And yes, there may be other styles of "Chinese Kung Fu" that had at least at first no connection to India. Maybe the more "daoistic" "Qigong" and "Wudang" styles. But all "Chinese Kung Fu Styles" claiming to be in connection to the Shaolin Temple, are in an "indian Lineage", because there was taught the "Arhat Fist" or "Luohan quan" which is a buddhistic "Chinese Kung Fu Style". I am not sure if it is really connected to the Kalaripayattu of today, but it is more than possible, that the "Shaolin Kung Fu" is as much influenced by India as the Shaolins buddhism.
@J 1995 in chinese, japanese and korean martial arts the "lineage" is often just made up bullshit. Most "Chinese Kung Fu Styles" existing today can not be traced more than 300-400 years back. :D
Hello sensei Seth, I would love to see teach this form to your gang in the Mr. Miyagi video. Let's see if you guys can perform this style the best and let the instructor choose the wining team's
In Silat we have 12 seconds to fight. No winner? It's a tie. But Silat also came out of India and was developed to fight multiple headhunters in indonesia. Kung Fu, also from india in china was developed to fight wild animals. Leather necks are US marines who couldn't defeat Kali fighters in the Philippines. Marines had to wear leather collars to keep from having their necks broken. If you're doing history at least make it interesting.
It would be really cool if you did one like this but with Nidar Singh Nihang who teaches Shastar Vidiya. The art is unfortunately largely forgotten, though it was used as a battlefield art until the 18th or 19th century
@@SenseiSeth I've been doing the quarantine/RUclips training pretty heavily. Especially trying to get the nuances in the body mechanics of the knees and round kicks and how they differ from my Muay Thai background.
All these people who say Kalaripayattu isn't at the level of todays martial arts are just ignorant ... Its a Battlefield art ... It is highly based on animal movements , using gravity at an advantage and constant movements to stay away from strikes with momentum ... No one can master kalaripayattu completely unless they start from an early age of 3-4-5 ... Because it is highly dependent on the flexibility of the body and takes extreme load on the Body and your body is very flexible when young and it keeps getting stiffer as you old thats why they started from very young , Hence The world is yet to see a Complete Kalari Artist and may only see it in patches or in hybrid forms as in kalari they dont allow the kalari artisys to use it for show to keep its aesthetic and its traditions alive as it isnt just a Martial art but more than that it is exploring the physical at its highest in every form , back then it was only allowed in battlefield not even in self defense , in self defense ...They also teach Kalari chikitsa which means healing and massaging of the body after each session they massage themselves with oil to keep physical flexibility at its highest and to promote recovery and healing at its Max ... , The goal of the Martial arts is to become a Complete warrior using any environment or objects to survive and fight , It is said a Kalari Martial Artists Spine is the most erect and flexible capable of moving at animal speed ... You can watch the Martial Artist and Action Hero Vidyut Jammwal who is a Kalaripayattu Master himself ... The level at which he delivers strikes in his training and some movie scenes with different styles , 3rd eye training where he is blindfold , Animal Movements its unreal , he also said that when one becomes a Master ... One has to develop and innovate new weapons and exercises to keep it evolving ...which sadly lost after the British era where they banned the Martial art for 200-300 years .
Bodhidharma is a pallava prince who's from the south india, mastered all art of Kalaripayattu and moved to China and evolved it into a different form and taught it to Chinese people.
You should probably also look at Angampora. It has weapons, grappling, striking, medicine, meditation and even a pressure point system that at the highest level, teaches you to attack pressure points in even elephants (seems stupid but this was also designed for war and war elephants were a thing back then in Sri Lanka). It was also banned during British colonial era and practitioners were shot in the knee to disable them and prevent them from teaching it. Ajantha Mahantharachchi is a legit practitioner I think. Don't know for sure.
Exactly right..... But that's where kalari hits you with a curve ball.... After the meipaytu (just excercise) , the kolthari paytu (sticks and staff fight) and the sharp weapons... You are finally, after mastering all of this taught hand to hand and hand v weapon fight ..... So yeah, a master could hold off a knife in a street fight
Dear Gurukkal, any other online class masters are not explaining each and every movement, postures of kalaripayattu same like you. I am so proud of our traditional martial arts kalaripayattu. I appreciate your systematic way of teaching. May I know where is your class in kerala? Please give me your contact number. With respect 🙏.
Another resemblance cited is the “eighteen hands of Buddha” and the “eighteen arms of wushu” which is claimed to have been derived from the “eighteen techniques” or “pathinettu adavu” of Kalaripayattu.🙏
@@ilikedinosaurs4992 hey I know it but we all introduced Buddhism to you and some physical exercise of Kalaripayattu where it has been evolved into Kung fu. The Luohan hands has very much of Taoism I respect that but the exercise is from our Kalaripayattu
I’m a year in to martial arts and this is probably the most awesome thing I’ve witnessed in a while, thanks for sharing this art with us 🤘🤘🤘but long live TKD 😂🙏🤘
Bodhidharma (Tamo in Chinese) prince who ruled Tamil Nadu and the third son of King Sugandhan from Kerala was the founder of Kung Fu. Bodhidharma traveled to China to see the Emperor Wu of Liang (Xiāo Yǎn) sometime in the 527 CE.🙏
"Traditionally Bodhidharma is credited as founder of the martial arts at the Shaolin Temple. However, martial arts historians have shown this legend stems from a 17th-century qigong manual known as the Yijin Jing."
@@ilikedinosaurs4992 India is a country without history. How is the martial arts method recorded ??? China Kung Fu (wushu) is a large Taoist culture, including a large number of yin and yang and other elements. And Chinese medical skills. Shaolin Temple's monks are learning all Chinese Kung Fu (wushu). Includes Qigong, Wing Chun, Tai Chi, Bagua Zhang .....and all Chinese weapons, they have a lot of time and good environment practice Kung Fu. China kung fu has more than 100 kinds . Created by Chinese people in different cities.
@@barbiebarbie1813 No recorded history!? Are you living under a rock both Chinese and Indian sources have this recorded. Even Chinese people know from where kung fu comes from. They even made movie on "Bodhidharma". And wrestling was pretty much in every civilization including Indus valley. People have been trying to fight like animals in every age but what gives a definition or identity to a style is systamatic approach to these things. Which was given by kalari practitioner Bodhidharma. Kalari basically influenced the early raw wrestling and martial styles in other Eastern countries giving them a unique identity in respective regions. The headstart of all this was from Shaolin temple where Bodhidharma introduced this style.
"All History of India, if they still have history, it is the history of being conquered by the alien. India's society has no history, at least there is no history. And the history of India usually said, but It is a history of an invaders that invaded India. India has established their huge empire on this unresponsive, two-have no change, and has established their huge empire. "- Carl Marx India has no history
@@OkusTenet Chinese Kung Fu is Taoist culture. Shaolin Temple Kung Fu is no fixed type. They learn all Chinese Kung Fu. It is related to yin and yang. The monks are learning all Chinese cities and all kinds of hard work. (Including Wushu, Qigong, Tai Chi, Wing Chun, fan, various ancient Chinese weapons ...). The Shaolin Temple has also included practicing the inner strength. Let the body like iron (Qigong), not stabbed by the weapon. The monks have a lot of time. They learn hard in the temple. So they are very suitable for practicing Kung Fu. * Shaolin Temple is a Taoist building (the roof has a good fairy). The monks are also wearing Taoist clothing. They learn and life are also Taoism. Buddhism is just an idea. Ancient Chinese cannot accept Indian culture. Chinese Buddhism transforms through Chinese Taoism and Confucianism. Can be accepted by ancient Chinese.
Now many videos show physical kalari payat. There also exist a very rarely taught spiritual kalari payat. You can teleport yourself. Dissapears from u opponent. Fly to the top of a hill.
The guy Shinto Mathew is trained in Northern Style Kalarippayattu. This style is practiced widely in Kerala. Northern Style Kalarippayattu is full of nonsense choreographed fight sequences which were used to entertain the Kings and his people in old times. Every weapon fights, every bare hand fights, are done by following a pre choreographed pattern of movements. Most modern martial arts give liberty to the student to plan and execute his or her fight tactics according to how his opponent is moving. But in Kalarippayattu, both practitioners do same kind of movements in their (choreographed) fights. Unlike other martial arts where practitioners get a chance to test their skills in sparring, Kalarippayattu practitioners never do sparring in their life. Instead, they practice these useless choreographed fight sequences and fantasy locks everyday. The funny thing is that even the guru's doesn't know that they have learned choreographed fight sequences their whole life. Most guru's wont agree that Kalarippayattu is impractical in real life situations. But the sad truth is, Kalarippayattu is not only impractical, but also a useless martial art. Kalarippayattu of modern times has only one purpose - to entertain the audience with that cute sword fighting and those extreme level flexibility routines. Unlike other martial arts, Kalarippayattu doesnt have a historical proof regarding its origins. Almost all the stories regarding the origin of Kalarippayattu are fully loaded with superstitions and folklores, which are passed down from generation to generation. Most foreigners come and learn Kalarippayattu either because of their enthusiasm/curiosity after watching some youtube videos, or because they want to kill some time as tourists while travelling in Kerala. In reality, Kalarippayattu has nothing to offer for a person who wants to be a fighter. If someone wants to lose their body fat, or if he/she wants to become flexible, or if he/she wants to do some choreographed sword fight sequences, Kalarippayattu is best.
One of the most educated replys. Are you in south India? Have you been there? What's your thoughts on Tamil adimurai / silambam. Is still alive / legit the one being practiced today?
Your name itself indicates that you are a jobless person. Secondly who the hell said you in Kalaripayattu they dont practice fight with each other or it is useless. You face one of the true practitioner of the art then you will realise the fact , in a blink of your eyes you will be half dead
@@DanGerman- I am from Kerala, South India, the birthplace of Kalarippayattu and Adimurai. I have trained in both for more than a decade. I also run a small academy in my village that teaches students how to practically use Kalarippayattu/Adimurai in fight. Adimurai and silambam are good martial arts. Just in recent years Semi contact silambam fights are introduced, which is good for practitioners. The only bad thing about Adimurai is that the students don't spar in their entire life. Without sparring, you won't learn how a particular technique can be made useful. Also, there are so many outdated fantasy locks which are still learned today in Adimurai and Kalari, which are only practical when student Most adimurai, Kalari schools here does choreographed fight sequence for stage shows, to popularise their art. There are some Kalari / adimurai practitioners who either publicly or secretively learn combat sports like Muay thai, kickboxing, boxing, mma etc to get some sparring experience and copies its technique, paste it in Kalari/adimurai and claim it as their own south indian martial arts technique.
@@arjunshetty7762 First of all, I do have job. I am a freelance video editor, visual effects artist, and also a martial arts practitioner in Adimurai and Kalarippayattu. Don't judge a person by looking at a youtube channel name. I have been training in Kalarippayattu and Adimurai for more than a decade, and I can surely say that Kalarippayattu practitioners don't do sparring. Instead, they do choreographed fight sequence to entertain audience in stage shows. If you are a Kalarippayattu practitioner who thinks you can make me half dead in a blink of an eye, come to Trivandrum, Kerala and fight with me, defeat me and prove your Kalarippayattu is practical in fights. I will live stream the fight video and make you famous if you defeat me with your Kalari skills. Even if you lose I am gonna share the video in social media.
I want to learn this martial art. I have studied many arts including shotokan karate hung gar boxing Kali wrestling and now Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai but now I want to also learn Kalaripayattu. Not only is it part of my heritage but it is a beautiful martial art a strong agile one. I want to find a school
Dr. A. K. Prakasan Gurukkal from Kollam Kerala is the only guru or you can say warrior who can perform the 'Atma Raksha Tantra' (knocking out someone without touching them) of Kalaripayattu. But our Indian media is so busy in the bad masaledar content that they haven't covered him in any part yet, And most shame on Keralas media. But thankfully the Tamil media has some of his stuff on the internet(you can check that out) which i really appreciate about...cos of them atleast some people know about him.🙏
One name India❤️ Creat history always we r almost 53000 years continue in war then we r freedom country. Kalaripatuy invinted by Bodhidhraman he's an indian king 4500 ad.
It’s not 3000 years old. It’s like yoga. There’s some small components that might be but no evidence for the modern form being that old. It’s a power/status claim.
Ep file, kanw submission wrestling kai menw germania, erxome diakopes stin ellada se mia eudomada alla den vrika kapoio pankration sxolio online, exeis kamia idea?
@@eliph4165 Αν εννοεις σχολη παγκρατιου θα βρεις ευκολα σε οποια πολη της Ελλαδας κι αν πας εκτος αν ειναι νησι (για εκει δεν ξερω) πιστευω ομως πως αρκει να ψαξεις σχολες της συγκεκριμενης πολης που θα πας και πιθανον θα βρεις
@@mistahspoke9281 To measure martial art by opening a bottle without hand is foolish Idea... Martial art is made for warrior with true spirit not for make a circus show... Better learn a circus 's show to do this type of circus play.
Ah, but you see the one true for of man is a bottle cap. How foolish of you to overlook such a powerful enemy. Therefore learning to open a bottlecap is more important than any Kata you may learn. Be educated in the way of the warrior young one and you may too learn to defeat our enemy the bottlecap
Sensei Seth
It is wonderful to see the video, I would like to invite you to Kerala, India Once the Pendamic situation is over. YOu may see the art physically.
I watch your videos fantastic stuff... thank you
Osu !!!!
Would be fun!
Enga paathalum neegala
Sudarshan ji
Wrestling does not involve weapon systems. Kalari is known as the OLDEST MARTIAL ART because it had a full fledged system of Armed and Unarmed combat. The number of weapon styles in Kalari is in the dozens.
@J 1995 You have worms in your schul schul ???
Why are you acting like there were no soldiers and armed and unarmed combat training before Kerala discovered its own? Egypt and other cultures gone to war way before that. Since the dawn of human history, probably starting with spears, bows, rocks and sticks humans learned to use and fight with while hunting-gathering and surely sometimes used it against each other during tribal wars.
@@deductivevariance3497 Of course they did. But there was not a recognised martial art style which they all followed. Humans have been fighting since we came out as a species. Doesn't mean they have made a martial art out of it.
@@deductivevariance3497 what hes trying to say is that Kerala made its own martial art. It did not invent fighting. A martial art is when you have a series of techniques that kind of all revolve around one or a few different principals. Every human has recognized fighting as fighting but there were no actual techniques that qualify for something from a martial art before Kalari.
Hook kick on the snare lol. (Well, close to the snare)
It saved a little wonky. Still working on it lol
Kalaripayattu is considered one of the oldest martial arts. However, the style itself wasn't the oldest; it was developed by C.V.N Kalari master. Initially, it focused solely on weapon-based fighting methods. Their unarmed combat resembles sword strikes, akin to the techniques found in karate and kungfu. This style is primarily practical in armed combat, emphasizing distance fighting over ground fighting and wrestling with attacks. I'm pleased to share this information with you. Thank you.
Wow, this was very interesting, especially since I'm part Indian and practice MMA. It's cool that you went to a primary source to learn about this martial art. Very eye-opening for sure. Thank you🙌
Glad you liked it!
Lekin tumhe kya lgta h jaise boxing mma m combo punches hote h...kya kalari practioner itne trained hote h ki boxers k punches ko avoid kr ske aur sath m opening v nikal le...kyunki street fights m waise v log multiple punches use krte h
Kalaripayattu has a southern style. Its similar to Karate. Katas are based on geometrical shapes. Northern Kalari may be the source of Kung fu and Southern style (Adimurai) may have evolved into Karate.
I fought kalari fighters 6 times in a ring.
1) You'll be very uncomfortable and it will take time for you to get used to the strange, low stance they take. It limits your offence options and decreases your Defence.
2) The fuckers hit extremely hard. I mean it. They use their momentum and generate great power in their strikes. You'll be surprised how much they can hurt you from a very short distance.
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3) They hit multiple attacks at once. One knee of the kalari fighter hits your solar plexus and at the same time he also punches your face.
Observations:
(I don't know if Kalari originated from Mahadev or parasuram or whoever, but I can understand at once that this art came to use in a time where, fighters had no armour or had soft armour, like leather or chainmail or both together. soft armour, because Kalari tries to hit your soft body parts with their hard parts with full force
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It also is an aggressive art, you can tell, as it aims to finish fights as quickly as possible, it's not like many arts that has been made into sports so there is standing and fighting for a said amount of time)
It was thaught by Parashuram
@julio1c1saga Kalaripayattu fight ruclips.net/video/wE5iQsOgRxA/видео.html
@julio1c1saga See this ruclips.net/video/T6bt4SvMDb4/видео.html
@julio1c1saga dude I'm from the state where kalari was born never got to learn it but I've done some sparring with a kalari guy and I recommend not to get under there skin they fucking kill u with one attack and thier pressure points or marma as we say in malayalam (the language which is spoken in kerala) they work and they can be used to kill or heal I messed up my knee once and I had a sparring for my black belt grading the next day and within an hour he fixed it with some oils and stuff and if u cross a guy on the wrong side he might end u bro it's one of the most magnificent martial arts I've seen
@julio1c1saga I understand bro but kalari was a very secretive art till the last century and it's hard to see kalari full contact fights but there is a documentary type video on fight quest just type fight quest kalari and watch that video in the end they do some full contact stuff
Cool vid man. I’ve been interested in this art for some time and was actually practicing one of their kick drills the other day.
Looking forward to watching the whole thing.
Nice! Thanks!
I had a lot of trouble understanding most of the video due to the audio quality and the accent of the teacher, but this looks so freaking cool. Looks quite a lot like Kung Fu with them weird, very exaggerated looking movements that actually contain practical stuff.
Loved it, please do more of this!
I’ll try and find someone to put captions on it!
@@SenseiSeth well thanks a lot, definitely worth the rewatch!
Actually , Kungfu , Karate etc are said to have been evolved from Kalarippayattu.
This was really interesting! Do you plan for this to turn into a series of trying new styles?
You know it, with a little more travel involved 😉
@@SenseiSeth Travel is affordable these days lol
Lol but not permitted
I like the humility and respect in which you approach all the arts. It's refreshing!
Also your best weapon is your mind :)
Really loved this video. Indian fan here. Can you also do a collab where you discuss Kalari with the Wonderboy and what moves could be effective in modern-day MMA
Thanks for considering my suggestion to look into Kalaripayattu sir! ❤️
Sure thing!
@@SenseiSeth ❤️
This is what I'm saying to Jesse Enkamp Karate Nerd videos. He posted 2 different videos regarding the origin of Karate, one was Kung-Fu when he went to China and the last one was Kali (Filipino Martial Arts). I commented on his Facebook and youtube regarding Bodhi Dharma and Kalaripayattu is the main ancestor of Kung-fu. Philippines was under the 2 rivals Hindu Empire the Maja Pahit Kingdom and Vijaya (Visaya) Kingdom around 1300-1500 AD.
In one of his video of jesse encamp one it is mentioned that kung fu is spread from india by Buddhist monk bodhidharm
I like that Meipayattu of Kalaripayattu is the compilation of all the tools that the practitioner is encouraged to have in his arsenal. It reminds me of Sil Lim Tao from Wing Chun
Bhai unke channel m jao ache se basics aur principles v btaye h guru mathew ne...search for elephant posture on his channel
Exactly
Great video and a lot of food for thought, would love to see more of you learning this and would love to learn it myself
Plenty more of it coming!!
I had the opportunity to learn a little about Gatka last year and that was a pretty great experience.
Awesome video man, thanks for sharing.
Very cool!&
15:28, it is called the C-step since his leg movement is like the letter C, right?. I guess that the low stance is probably not just to protect yourself, maybe it is also a reminder to use our core and lower back which generates power in the movements.
If you all search on here, the BBC did a great MA TV series in the 80’s called Way of the Warrior and they did a full, excellent, episode on kalari
I like Shinto Matthew, he encourages questioning and he was worth listening to (even through the videocall audio) Thanks for doing this, Seth :)
This art might have been one of the reasons Alexander the Great was not able to conquer India. The Indian tribes were some of the greatest warriors his army had faced and he suffered his biggest setbacks on the sub-continent.
How interesting would that be...
I don't know about that but Acharya Chankya was was one of the reason
No. Kalaripayattu was practiced in South India. Alexander attacked from the northwest and punjab. Ofcourse there were similarities.
No. Kalari was believed to be developed during the times of great conquerors of south-most India as a warfare. The warrior class of Kerala could preserve it. Part of the reason was that Kerala never saw any mass scale invasion of foreign rulers. Due to this reason, the masters of Kerala could preserve the ancient philosophy, medicine, warfares such as Kalari.
@@androidgamez0668 I agree with you
Dude i am from Kerala
Now we can see only some basics of kalari
The old kalari have lots of techniques which we can defeat a person with one fingure
And Kerala varma pazhassi raja defeated so many British soldiers using kalari techniques he faced the guns of soldiers using swords
You said the facts bruh, that's why the british killed many of the Indian warrior clans so they can destroy the Indians completely
Defeat a person with 1 finger? How, tickle the person to death?
@@deductivevariance3497 Could you imagine someone dying by getting tickled? That would make for some seriously dark comedy.
As for the 1 finger thing, the closest thing I've heard to this is experienced martial artists or trained soldiers jabbing someone in the throat and crushing their windpipe which can very well lead to death if untreated. I think this is also something that is brought up in Krav Maga?
I saw Korean Chinese , Chi master 20years ago. I heard he used finger to spar with several martial artist. He touched pressure points 👉 and others down. This punture skills from whom? And I experienced chinese old Chi masters used Tele energy. Are there some examples in India?
@@deductivevariance3497 they hit on one vital point and the opponent is gone
THE BEAT DROP IS ON POINT NOW GUYS
Ryan Liu boom
Perfect
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Hi I'm a bit new to your videos and have been binging your skits and experimentation with other martial arts. I love what you do and how open minded you are
Second oldest. Traditional Australian Indigenous wrestling (coreeda) has been practiced for something like 40,000 years.
Lol learn some history
Nice comedy
This was a super interesting one and i'm looking forward to some more interesting exchanges. I heard Muay boran and muay chaia. Maybe some pencak silat later. Another interesting M.A would be Taido.
It should be somthig We don't see every Day!
Damn 3000 years old? So that means mike probably knows it right? 😂
Oh no you did not just say that 😂😂
Joseph Brown be careful or he’ll come for you
Sensei Seth that’s what I’m aiming for 😂😂😂. I heard if you stand in front of a mirror at 3am and say “side kicks work” 3 times he appears behind you 😂😂
Mike is too grumpy to use swords or shields. Instead he uses a flashlight.
Anunaya Singh low key was expecting a call out in that video 😂
They use a lot of level changes. Great to see that they preserved the bunkai after all these years.
Thanks master for sharing this video, love from kerala, INDIA❤️❤️❤️
I tested some of these movements in boxing gloves. It can be done, so I might try and implement a bit of this in sparring
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That was a quick response XD
You’re cool dude. I’ll try and remember to tell you how it went
Let me know!!
@@zachariaravenheart I'm curious. How *did* it go?
@@lucasrosa1108 Honestly, I forgot to try it XD
That’s my B. I’ll see if I can change that soon.
Very cool. This art is where shaolin came from. (Lord Ta Mo) . and Buddha as well knew this art . All royalty were required to learn it. Forged in the wars (500 years war 100 years war. Lots of wars. ) Suppose to have come from Khali. (The most dangerous and destructive god in Hinduism, could also be durga i.d.k
) the wife of Shiva. Who was summoned from the primordial void , to defeat a demon (who when a drop of his blood hit the ground ,would clone himself. So Khali had to do a "dance" to defeat the demon and catch all the blood.( that and she had to consume the demons or drain them of blood..the first vampire!!!)This dance is the basis of kaliarepiyatu The dance of khali. Awesome vid. good to see the interest in this beautiful and ancient art. Thank you Sensei Seth.
@J 1995 sure. Before China was China. The wars were the forge that made alot of Chinese Martial arts. ( pre Sun Szu era)
@J 1995 yeah I said that
@J 1995 history is much more unclear. Lord Ta Mo was a red headed blue eyed wild man from either India or Iran...but he was a Buddhist. He showed up at the Shaolin temple, some 1500 yrs ago. Was denied entry ,
Lived in a cave for years, may or may not have started at a wall for 9 years. But he did teach the monks that came to visit to
Him 21 or 23 "movements" that allowed the monks to develop there own take on kung fu. (He also taught them advanced meditation practices and breathing ,tai chi etc.) Before Lord Ta Mo, Shaolin was weak and persecuted. Subjected to raiders just coming in and taking what they wanted. (the raiders were using old kung fu if you will.) Afterwards they taught the world Shaolin kung fu. They similarities are so striking its undeniable between kaliarepiyat and Shaolin. Even most of the Lohan's and teokins are similar.
@J 1995 alright. Good to know. I still would argue the similarities and influence are there.
great vid, LOVE learning about new-old stuff. really keen to see some pressure testing!
Please do consider making videos on tegumi, the ancestor of Sumo (which is the ancestor of jujutsu) and Karate.
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U can setup an video chat with vidyut jamwal, he is very knowledgeable about the art as he was a former practitioner
I train kalaripayattu. Thank you for helping to bring more awareness to this art.
That circular movement with the leg as you step forward reminds me of some of the footwork I was taught in a Wing Tsun class. I mean where you place your weight may be different, I think, but the idea of circling around and inside or outside the opponent's leg, that looked very familiar. The stance at the very beginning of the form too, especially the first two parts of it.
There's a Chilean actor, Eyal meyer, who is a Kalaripayattu expert. He even runs his own kalari in Chile.
Sensei Seth, @ 1:58, it's spelled May (like the month) Pie (like the food) Yat (like the word 'yet') May-Pie-Yat. Means fighting with the body. i.e freehand fighting without weapons.
Why is everyone only promoting northern kalari and that too only thw simple basic meypayttu... What about the thosands of chuvadus (katas)and techniques in thekkan and thulunadan kalari???? All the popular kalari videos dont even show the pure art, only the basic exercises????its quite frustrating 😐
Kalari is not 3000 yrs old its actually older than that
Its old as parashuram and agastya muni
Actually southern style kalaripayattu has more similarity to kung fu and karate than northern style. Please watch southern style kalari videos
That's practical and powerful stance. Very good lecture for fifty one year old martial artist to recover. God bless you.
The little stance thing he did at the beginning of the maypayattu (at 7:25) is almost exactly the same as you see karateka doing at the beginning of kata...
Interesting.
ah he already mentioned it
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Kerala Gang 🌴
MALLU GANG
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Gujarati, lmao
Gang Gang 🤙
Man that’s a lot of gangs!
I love the respect and genuine intention to learn and understand.
Kalari is the parent art of Kung-Fu/Wushu/Chinese martial arts
@J 1995 You stupid fool ... lol ... You can't deny Bodhidharma ... HE IS IN YOUR TEMPLES ... LOL ... Every Chinese martial arts historian I know knows about the Bodhidharma contribution ... THAT IS WHY HE IS IN YOUR TEMPLES .. LOL
@J 1995 Lol ... then go and read your history properly ... go and read what else he brought .. Go and read his biography
@J 1995 HAHAHAHAHAH ... HISTORICAL SOURCES NON-EXISTANT ??? Come to South India you FOOL !
@J 1995 //Your martial arts come from Chinese Kung Fu//
Hahahaha ... Nice joke ... Lol ... What an idiot !
@J 1995 You got Buddhism from us .. You got Martial arts from us ... Get over it ! Lol
What I really like about the kalaripayattu demonstrations I see on the internet is how complete the martial art is, very versatile. But I am not into some of the excessive movements, such as the jumping and flailing about. Kalaripayattu is interesting and has quite a beautiful history behind it, It just seems that there is a disconnect from the modern practice and what was more likely the historical practice
Kalaripayattu may be the oldest known martial art of India. And it influenced or started the developement of all asian martial arts.
But we also know, that "Pankration", which had kneestrikes, punches and kicks, clinching and wrestling in it, was practiced in Greece from way before it was for the first known time part of the a olympic games in 648 BC.
Fun fact: Sometimes styles/arts are ignored or never gained the deserved popularity. "Boxe Francaise" aka "Savate" for example is at least 200, possibly 300 years old and should be considered the first modern "Kickboxing Style" practiced as a sport, even before the first ring was build for Muay Thai as a modern "kickboxing combat sport".
But is that a sport back then?
@@SenseiSeth, you mean Savate? As early as 1820 it became a sport in France. This was the time Michel Casseux wrote a book called (translated) "The Art of Savate". It went from "streetfighting" to sport in gyms like "Fencing schools" at this time. The further development came with Charles Charemont, around 1900, who brought more from the "English Boxing" of the same period into it. ruclips.net/video/I-2aZOZNMqc/видео.html
@J 1995, yes and no.
Yes, it is difficult to find proof. And yes, there may be other styles of "Chinese Kung Fu" that had at least at first no connection to India. Maybe the more "daoistic" "Qigong" and "Wudang" styles.
But all "Chinese Kung Fu Styles" claiming to be in connection to the Shaolin Temple, are in an "indian Lineage", because there was taught the "Arhat Fist" or "Luohan quan" which is a buddhistic "Chinese Kung Fu Style". I am not sure if it is really connected to the Kalaripayattu of today, but it is more than possible, that the "Shaolin Kung Fu" is as much influenced by India as the Shaolins buddhism.
@J 1995, Sorry, but: This is interesting. You do not know, that "Wei Tuo" is "Skanda"? "Wei Tuo" is a buddhist "Mahayana Bodhisattva".
@J 1995 in chinese, japanese and korean martial arts the "lineage" is often just made up bullshit.
Most "Chinese Kung Fu Styles" existing today can not be traced more than 300-400 years back. :D
"Looks like bugs but is strictly a marshmallow."
The captions are sometimes too funny :D
Hell yes. Waited for this since you started talking about it since I had no idea about this art
How’d you like the video??
@@SenseiSeth very informative
@@bibekjung7404 thats awesome, how it has such a deep history
Hello sensei Seth, I would love to see teach this form to your gang in the Mr. Miyagi video. Let's see if you guys can perform this style the best and let the instructor choose the wining team's
I love how flexible that style is. Around 9 minutes when he was crouching. Almost seemed Capoeira like.
even if you are not interested in martial arts with supervision the exaggerated movement of muscles can be a very very potent excercise
In Silat we have 12 seconds to fight. No winner? It's a tie. But Silat also came out of India and was developed to fight multiple headhunters in indonesia.
Kung Fu, also from india in china was developed to fight wild animals.
Leather necks are US marines who couldn't defeat Kali fighters in the Philippines. Marines had to wear leather collars to keep from having their necks broken.
If you're doing history at least make it interesting.
that wuz some really interestin' MIKE PIAZZA ya put on display just then,jasper. uh-huh.
It would be really cool if you did one like this but with Nidar Singh Nihang who teaches Shastar Vidiya. The art is unfortunately largely forgotten, though it was used as a battlefield art until the 18th or 19th century
I allso have a Heart for every Martial art out there just like you. Love your channel
I would really like to see you take a crack at Muay Chaiya.
Ooh, that’d be cool
@@SenseiSeth I've been doing the quarantine/RUclips training pretty heavily. Especially trying to get the nuances in the body mechanics of the knees and round kicks and how they differ from my Muay Thai background.
I’m looking for some Muay Boran next!
@@SenseiSeth Frigging sweet.
Sensei Seth check out Perdro Solana or Muay Boran Academy. Those are great you tuber resources.
All these people who say Kalaripayattu isn't at the level of todays martial arts are just ignorant ... Its a Battlefield art ... It is highly based on animal movements , using gravity at an advantage and constant movements to stay away from strikes with momentum ... No one can master kalaripayattu completely unless they start from an early age of 3-4-5 ... Because it is highly dependent on the flexibility of the body and takes extreme load on the Body and your body is very flexible when young and it keeps getting stiffer as you old thats why they started from very young , Hence The world is yet to see a Complete Kalari Artist and may only see it in patches or in hybrid forms as in kalari they dont allow the kalari artisys to use it for show to keep its aesthetic and its traditions alive as it isnt just a Martial art but more than that it is exploring the physical at its highest in every form , back then it was only allowed in battlefield not even in self defense , in self defense ...They also teach Kalari chikitsa which means healing and massaging of the body after each session they massage themselves with oil to keep physical flexibility at its highest and to promote recovery and healing at its Max ... , The goal of the Martial arts is to become a Complete warrior using any environment or objects to survive and fight , It is said a Kalari Martial Artists Spine is the most erect and flexible capable of moving at animal speed ... You can watch the Martial Artist and Action Hero Vidyut Jammwal who is a Kalaripayattu Master himself ... The level at which he delivers strikes in his training and some movie scenes with different styles , 3rd eye training where he is blindfold , Animal Movements its unreal , he also said that when one becomes a Master ... One has to develop and innovate new weapons and exercises to keep it evolving ...which sadly lost after the British era where they banned the Martial art for 200-300 years .
Bodhidharma is a pallava prince who's from the south india, mastered all art of Kalaripayattu and moved to China and evolved it into a different form and taught it to Chinese people.
Very interesting! Thanks Sensei Seth! 🙏
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A lot of the movements in that style were like that which I've learned in Mantis boxing
Rafaele Squadrito Makes sense since this art is a predecessor to a bunch of Chinese styles
Nice!!
J 1995 check the history again. The Shaolin were originally trading by a Buddhist monk from India
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Oh my god! This is my favourite video of all time 🤩
Glad you liked it!
@@SenseiSeth ❤️
You should probably also look at Angampora. It has weapons, grappling, striking, medicine, meditation and even a pressure point system that at the highest level, teaches you to attack pressure points in even elephants (seems stupid but this was also designed for war and war elephants were a thing back then in Sri Lanka). It was also banned during British colonial era and practitioners were shot in the knee to disable them and prevent them from teaching it. Ajantha Mahantharachchi is a legit practitioner I think. Don't know for sure.
"My best weapon is my BODYYY"
Knife in a street fight: Lemme stop you right...
Exactly right..... But that's where kalari hits you with a curve ball.... After the meipaytu (just excercise) , the kolthari paytu (sticks and staff fight) and the sharp weapons... You are finally, after mastering all of this taught hand to hand and hand v weapon fight ..... So yeah, a master could hold off a knife in a street fight
Dear Gurukkal, any other online class masters are not explaining each and every movement, postures of kalaripayattu same like you. I am so proud of our traditional martial arts kalaripayattu. I appreciate your systematic way of teaching. May I know where is your class in kerala? Please give me your contact number. With respect 🙏.
you should try filipino martial art!,also you have a nice outside place where you are training(not the dojo,i mean the nice old walls)
I’ve done some in the past! It’s a pretty cool spot, huh?
Its good to see you have came to my state
Another resemblance cited is the “eighteen hands of Buddha” and the “eighteen arms of wushu” which is claimed to have been derived from the “eighteen techniques” or “pathinettu adavu” of Kalaripayattu.🙏
The 18 Luohan Hands are of Taoist origin. Liar.
I know because I'm Chinese...
@@ilikedinosaurs4992 hey I know it but we all introduced Buddhism to you and some physical exercise of Kalaripayattu where it has been evolved into Kung fu. The Luohan hands has very much of Taoism I respect that but the exercise is from our Kalaripayattu
I’m a year in to martial arts and this is probably the most awesome thing I’ve witnessed in a while, thanks for sharing this art with us 🤘🤘🤘but long live TKD 😂🙏🤘
Kalaripyuattu is the martial art of my Malayali peoples 🇮🇳
Kalaripayattu is from my state kerala, india
Kalaripayattu is from my country. 😄
Nice!!
Me to
Kerala gang
@@spiscold50 Same!!!!!!!! But I am also from Karnataka
Bodhidharma (Tamo in Chinese) prince who ruled Tamil Nadu and the third son of King Sugandhan from Kerala was the founder of Kung Fu. Bodhidharma traveled to China to see the Emperor Wu of Liang (Xiāo Yǎn) sometime in the 527 CE.🙏
"Traditionally Bodhidharma is credited as founder of the martial arts at the Shaolin Temple. However, martial arts historians have shown this legend stems from a 17th-century qigong manual known as the Yijin Jing."
@@ilikedinosaurs4992 India is a country without history. How is the martial arts method recorded ???
China Kung Fu (wushu) is a large Taoist culture, including a large number of yin and yang and other elements. And Chinese medical skills.
Shaolin Temple's monks are learning all Chinese Kung Fu (wushu). Includes Qigong, Wing Chun, Tai Chi, Bagua Zhang .....and all Chinese weapons, they have a lot of time and good environment practice Kung Fu.
China kung fu has more than 100 kinds . Created by Chinese people in different cities.
@@barbiebarbie1813 No recorded history!? Are you living under a rock both Chinese and Indian sources have this recorded.
Even Chinese people know from where kung fu comes from. They even made movie on "Bodhidharma". And wrestling was pretty much in every civilization including Indus valley.
People have been trying to fight like animals in every age but what gives a definition or identity to a style is systamatic approach to these things. Which was given by kalari practitioner Bodhidharma.
Kalari basically influenced the early raw wrestling and martial styles in other Eastern countries giving them a unique identity in respective regions. The headstart of all this was from Shaolin temple where Bodhidharma introduced this style.
"All History of India, if they still have history, it is the history of being conquered by the alien. India's society has no history, at least there is no history. And the history of India usually said, but It is a history of an invaders that invaded India. India has established their huge empire on this unresponsive, two-have no change, and has established their huge empire. "- Carl Marx
India has no history
@@OkusTenet Chinese Kung Fu is Taoist culture.
Shaolin Temple Kung Fu is no fixed type. They learn all Chinese Kung Fu. It is related to yin and yang.
The monks are learning all Chinese cities and all kinds of hard work.
(Including Wushu, Qigong, Tai Chi, Wing Chun, fan, various ancient Chinese weapons ...).
The Shaolin Temple has also included practicing the inner strength. Let the body like iron (Qigong), not stabbed by the weapon.
The monks have a lot of time. They learn hard in the temple. So they are very suitable for practicing Kung Fu.
* Shaolin Temple is a Taoist building (the roof has a good fairy). The monks are also wearing Taoist clothing. They learn and life are also Taoism. Buddhism is just an idea. Ancient Chinese cannot accept Indian culture. Chinese Buddhism transforms through Chinese Taoism and Confucianism. Can be accepted by ancient Chinese.
I'm learning under Shinto Sir, he's an extremely great teacher.
One of the best videos , thank you Seth
Bodhidharma was a kalariayattu master, his martial arts skills reached spititual level with deep understanding practice and meditation.
Whoo 30 minutes😁 *grabs cashews to monch on*
Let’s goooo, hope you like it!
Now many videos show physical kalari payat. There also exist a very rarely taught spiritual kalari payat. You can teleport yourself. Dissapears from u opponent. Fly to the top of a hill.
The guy Shinto Mathew is trained in Northern Style Kalarippayattu. This style is practiced widely in Kerala. Northern Style Kalarippayattu is full of nonsense choreographed fight sequences which were used to entertain the Kings and his people in old times. Every weapon fights, every bare hand fights, are done by following a pre choreographed pattern of movements. Most modern martial arts give liberty to the student to plan and execute his or her fight tactics according to how his opponent is moving. But in Kalarippayattu, both practitioners do same kind of movements in their (choreographed) fights.
Unlike other martial arts where practitioners get a chance to test their skills in sparring, Kalarippayattu practitioners never do sparring in their life. Instead, they practice these useless choreographed fight sequences and fantasy locks everyday. The funny thing is that even the guru's doesn't know that they have learned choreographed fight sequences their whole life. Most guru's wont agree that Kalarippayattu is impractical in real life situations. But the sad truth is, Kalarippayattu is not only impractical, but also a useless martial art.
Kalarippayattu of modern times has only one purpose - to entertain the audience with that cute sword fighting and those extreme level flexibility routines.
Unlike other martial arts, Kalarippayattu doesnt have a historical proof regarding its origins. Almost all the stories regarding the origin of Kalarippayattu are fully loaded with superstitions and folklores, which are passed down from generation to generation.
Most foreigners come and learn Kalarippayattu either because of their enthusiasm/curiosity after watching some youtube videos, or because they want to kill some time as tourists while travelling in Kerala. In reality, Kalarippayattu has nothing to offer for a person who wants to be a fighter. If someone wants to lose their body fat, or if he/she wants to become flexible, or if he/she wants to do some choreographed sword fight sequences, Kalarippayattu is best.
One of the most educated replys.
Are you in south India?
Have you been there?
What's your thoughts on Tamil adimurai / silambam.
Is still alive / legit the one being practiced today?
Your name itself indicates that you are a jobless person. Secondly who the hell said you in Kalaripayattu they dont practice fight with each other or it is useless. You face one of the true practitioner of the art then you will realise the fact , in a blink of your eyes you will be half dead
@@DanGerman- I am from Kerala, South India, the birthplace of Kalarippayattu and Adimurai. I have trained in both for more than a decade. I also run a small academy in my village that teaches students how to practically use Kalarippayattu/Adimurai in fight.
Adimurai and silambam are good martial arts. Just in recent years Semi contact silambam fights are introduced, which is good for practitioners.
The only bad thing about Adimurai is that the students don't spar in their entire life. Without sparring, you won't learn how a particular technique can be made useful. Also, there are so many outdated fantasy locks which are still learned today in Adimurai and Kalari, which are only practical when student
Most adimurai, Kalari schools here does choreographed fight sequence for stage shows, to popularise their art.
There are some Kalari / adimurai practitioners who either publicly or secretively learn combat sports like Muay thai, kickboxing, boxing, mma etc to get some sparring experience and copies its technique, paste it in Kalari/adimurai and claim it as their own south indian martial arts technique.
@@arjunshetty7762 First of all, I do have job. I am a freelance video editor, visual effects artist, and also a martial arts practitioner in Adimurai and Kalarippayattu. Don't judge a person by looking at a youtube channel name.
I have been training in Kalarippayattu and Adimurai for more than a decade, and I can surely say that Kalarippayattu practitioners don't do sparring. Instead, they do choreographed fight sequence to entertain audience in stage shows.
If you are a Kalarippayattu practitioner who thinks you can make me half dead in a blink of an eye, come to Trivandrum, Kerala and fight with me, defeat me and prove your Kalarippayattu is practical in fights.
I will live stream the fight video and make you famous if you defeat me with your Kalari skills. Even if you lose I am gonna share the video in social media.
@@DanGerman- ruclips.net/video/kzuQTsoufzw/видео.html
I want to learn this martial art. I have studied many arts including shotokan karate hung gar boxing Kali wrestling and now Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai but now I want to also learn Kalaripayattu. Not only is it part of my heritage but it is a beautiful martial art a strong agile one. I want to find a school
Dr. A. K. Prakasan Gurukkal from Kollam Kerala is the only guru or you can say warrior who can perform the 'Atma Raksha Tantra' (knocking out someone without touching them) of Kalaripayattu. But our Indian media is so busy in the bad masaledar content that they haven't covered him in any part yet, And most shame on Keralas media. But thankfully the Tamil media has some of his stuff on the internet(you can check that out) which i really appreciate about...cos of them atleast some people know about him.🙏
Our ancient rishis made this technique am a MMA trainer and I use Indian style movement in fight it just makes the fight awesome
It would be nice if some of these martial arts are available everywhere in the world.
Love to see you learning Kalaripayattu.
Wow. Learned something aand got a workout..
That’s the life, huh? Lol
Where did you shoot the outdoor scene? Very beautiful. You’re also pretty good with kicks while having some extra flesh, nothing wrong with that..
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Kaboom, hear pie one or two times!!!
Now I'm hungry 💪🙄👍
Renz Davis 😂😂😂
Awesome video, you should do this with Muay Chaya or Muay boran. Those styles look so interesting
Good presentation... As per my experience, this is a wonderful martial art with many defense methods.
Another art that’s related is called silat
YES! ONE OF YOUR FINALLY DID IT!
Yes! Just the person I know who can do justice to the style!
One name India❤️
Creat history always we r almost 53000 years continue in war then we r freedom country.
Kalaripatuy invinted by Bodhidhraman he's an indian king 4500 ad.
MALLU KING
It’s not 3000 years old. It’s like yoga. There’s some small components that might be but no evidence for the modern form being that old. It’s a power/status claim.
Still. Cool style and video, thanks.
I love ancient martial arts
Very dope indeed!
Sensei Seth 😀
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Iam from kerala and i love urumi
same
The oldest martial arts are pankration and wrestling. Both are from ancient Greece and of course they are still being taught till today!
Ep file, kanw submission wrestling kai menw germania, erxome diakopes stin ellada se mia eudomada alla den vrika kapoio pankration sxolio online, exeis kamia idea?
@@eliph4165 Αν εννοεις σχολη παγκρατιου θα βρεις ευκολα σε οποια πολη της Ελλαδας κι αν πας εκτος αν ειναι νησι (για εκει δεν ξερω) πιστευω ομως πως αρκει να ψαξεις σχολες της συγκεκριμενης πολης που θα πας και πιθανον θα βρεις
Srilanka has a fighting style called ANGAMPORA over 5000 years old!
Will this martial art help me take off water bottle caps? If not I don't even know why you'd try and learn it.
Haha thats fair
So you learn martial art to open bottle cap.
We open bottle without martial art
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@@usermaybehe true martial arts allows the cap to be opened without the hands. Learn from this young one.
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To measure martial art by opening a bottle without hand is foolish Idea...
Martial art is made for warrior with true spirit not for make a circus show...
Better learn a circus 's show to do this type of circus play.
Ah, but you see the one true for of man is a bottle cap. How foolish of you to overlook such a powerful enemy. Therefore learning to open a bottlecap is more important than any Kata you may learn. Be educated in the way of the warrior young one and you may too learn to defeat our enemy the bottlecap
Love your collabs with huston and wonderboy
Love from india
The first martial arts learning in india started around 334-333before Christ and you what is that meaning ?